Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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From the remaining stock of Mrs Irene [Neddy] Allen (1928-2020), Medals by Subject, Education: Winchester College, George V, King's medal, silver, by Bertram Mackennal, awarded 1912 [for English Speech], bare head l., rev. tomb of William de Wykeham, edge engraved, "JAMES GRANT BRANDON-THOMAS" 49mm (BHM 4010); City of London School, silver prize medal for English, using the B. Wyon's obverse of the City of London medal, 57.5mm, named, but not dated, to J. R. V. Marchant, both extremely fine (2)
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
James Grant Brandon-Thomas was the son of Walter Brandon-Thomas, author and actor, famous for the play "Charley's Aunt". He went up to University College, Oxford and on the outbreak of the war joined 2nd Battalion, Innskilling Fusiliers, going to France in September 1914, and was gazetted into the Regular Army. It was during a bayonet charge at Messines on 31st October 1914, that Brandon-Thomas was severely injured. He later died at No 7 British Red Cross Hospital (Allied Forces Hospital) in the Hotel Christol, Boulogne on 17th November 1914. His body was returned to England and he is buried in the Brompton Cemetery near to his father.
(70-100 GBP)
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
James Grant Brandon-Thomas was the son of Walter Brandon-Thomas, author and actor, famous for the play "Charley's Aunt". He went up to University College, Oxford and on the outbreak of the war joined 2nd Battalion, Innskilling Fusiliers, going to France in September 1914, and was gazetted into the Regular Army. It was during a bayonet charge at Messines on 31st October 1914, that Brandon-Thomas was severely injured. He later died at No 7 British Red Cross Hospital (Allied Forces Hospital) in the Hotel Christol, Boulogne on 17th November 1914. His body was returned to England and he is buried in the Brompton Cemetery near to his father.
(70-100 GBP)